Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lenses
Dec 30, 2011 06:40:20 #
My son is in real estate and has the need to shoot wide shots of the interiors and exteriors of houses in HDR. In order to do that, he always borrowed my Sigma 10-20. I really grew tired of his constant borrowing. He could not afford to purchase one of his own. Finally, I just gave him my Sigma as a birthday present and have purchased a new Tamron 10-24 for myself. So far, I am really pleased with the Tamron, but have only used it sparingly. I don't have a great deal of use for this lens, but like to use it for landscapes when my wife and I travel. Does anyone have any comments, either positive or negative, about the Tamron or the Sigma ultras?
Dec 30, 2011 06:48:23 #
Wide angle is amazing for a real estate agent to show rooms and homes. I just wonder why he's ( you ) are thinking of HDR on the exteriors as after seeing an HDR ( enhanced ) photo on a listing, the prospective buyers are going to see a rather blah structure in front of them for a visit. My wife does wide angle but will not change anything in a photo to enhance what is not there or to remove something that is there.
Good luck and very nice of you to help out the son.
Sarge
Good luck and very nice of you to help out the son.
Sarge
Dec 31, 2011 07:37:56 #
HDR doesn't have to move towards the garish It's best use, for my purposes, is replicating tonal range closer to our own vision.
Dec 31, 2011 08:36:01 #
slickrock wrote:
HDR doesn't have to move towards the garish It's best use, for my purposes, is replicating tonal range closer to our own vision.
Agree. And if you have a steady hand, you can do them handheld. Set ISO high (these won't be enlarged), Set to Aperture priority, set number of bracketed photos, set EV (I use -2, -1, 0, +1, +2), set shutter to fire continuous, make exposures. With a program like Photomatix, the HDR process is pretty fast. The attached image was processed in this way, using the Sigma 10-20
Dec 31, 2011 17:58:59 #
I love my Sigma 10-20 when the opportunities are there. I have nothing to compare it with, it is the only wide angle lens I have used.
Dec 31, 2011 18:26:05 #
I've had my Sigma 10-20 mm for about a month, and it is hardly ever off the camera. Great for landscape, love the depth of field it offers, even at f/11.
Jan 8, 2012 22:37:12 #
I have the Sigma 10-20 that I use for taking photos of homes. Here are two examples.
Cape Cod 1
Cape Cod 2
Jan 8, 2012 23:52:00 #
Both the 10-20 mm and the 10-24 mm are also excellent lenses for star trails.
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